We haven't heard too much from higher education technofuturists lately, what with the complete failure of early MOOC trials to prepare students to pass courses. The San Jose State University debacle really shut them up for awhile. But they never went away and the New...
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Michelle Chen reports on how Tennessee has received kudos for offering a free community college program that has influenced Obama's proposals. But how is this being funded? By cutting benefits.
A disturbing proposal out of Tennessee. In response to continued decreases in state funding of higher education, the Board of Trustees has announced cost cutting and revenue raising plans that.
Art Pope's rule as King of North Carolina continues with the closing of centers on North Carolina campuses that deal with social and ecological issues: The full UNC Board of Governors met in Charlotte this morning and voted unanimously to close three academic centers. The...
While I appreciate Duke University's initial agreement to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer once a week, its quickly succumbing to the racist blatherings of Franklin Graham and the anti-Islam.
Louisiana is a really well-run state: Public college and university campuses in Louisiana could close if the state ends up cutting $300 million or more out of its higher education.
I get that conservatives hate the idea of free higher education for all. What an unspeakable horror, that the poor would have equal access as the rich. What I think I need explaining on is the claim that free education would lead to higher tuition....
As I discussed awhile ago, the teaching assistants at my alma mater, the University of Oregon, were discussing going on strike over the university's refusal to provide them paid sick.
Graduate students at the University of Oregon are threatening to strike over the university not giving their demand of paid family leave. You can read the details of the bargaining.
It's hardly surprising once you think about it, but you probably don't think about it, so it's worth noting the role slavery had in building so many of our older institutions of higher education. Finally, some institutions are becoming serious about remembering that history and...
Why have we seen a recent crackdown on academic freedom and freedom of speech against academics, whether Stephen Salaita or myself? The answer is that administrators are scared of controversy..
I don't often comment on specific academic jobs but this really stuck in my craw. At Arizona State University: The School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies (SHPRS) at Arizona.